Calendar Year 2020

The Secretary of Energy requested, in April 2005, that the National Coal Council conduct a study and prepare a report on the challenges and opportunities of more fully exploring the Nation's domestic coal resources. In his request, the Secretary stated that environmental challenges, such as zero emissions power generation technology and low impact coal mining technology, must be central to the analysis. In March 2006, the Council submitted its report on this subject to the Secretary.

Richland Operations Office's (Richland) preferred approach of
Options direct disposal of cesium and strontium capsules in the Yucca
Mountain Repository may not be the most feasible or economic
approach for disposal. Specifically, the feasibility of the direct
disposal approach faces significant regulatory and programmatic
risks which vitrification of the capsules' contents does not face.
Also, the cost of alternative vitrification approaches may
approximate the cost of direct disposal.

Report on Sandia National Laboratory in reference to Destruction of Classified Hard Drives

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Los Alamos National
AND OBJECTIVE Laboratory (LANL) is one of the largest multidisciplinary science
institutions in the world. The primary national security missions of
LANL are to help ensure the safety and reliability of the Nation’s
nuclear stockpile, prevent the spread of weapons of mass
destruction, develop strategies to mitigate global threats, and
protect the United States from terrorist attacks. LANL is managed
by the University of California for the Department’s National
Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

Special Inquiry Report Relating to the Department of Energy's Response to a Compromise of Personnel Data, SIR-0719